Chuck’s April Fool’s News Specials

Usual suspects, from last week (leaving to others any actual verifications):

Due to the drought in Great Britain, some of those crazy local councils are embracing "amnesty" for turning in garden hoses. The Independent

Cooking Classes for Left-Handers Launched Daily Express (London)

Announcing the Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, the world's first luxury hotel that accepts pets pet sheep (which are supposedly cuddly in Japan). With blog, YouTube video, website under construction

A photo from a one-car accident on New York City's FDR Drive, showing the overturned car and its bumper sticker, Why am I the only one on the planet who knows how to drive? New York Post

It was a prank, all right, but reported straight up by, first, out loud by the Toronto Public Health Board chairman at an open meeting, and then by Canada's CNews. Among the people who had signed up to address the Board were the gentlemen Haywood Jablome and Fu King of the Fu King Fitness Gym, along with the ladies Anita Dick-Smith and Anita Hoare. CNews
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Comments
Those local councils in the UK have some crazy ideas, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Lefties are the victim of more accidental injuries due to most equipment being made for righties so a cooking class for them would make sense.

Yes, and also speaking will be Mike Hunt and Dick Hurtzer.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/08/12 at 01:32 PM
Hey Chuck, Whats the deal with todays news of the weird column? Must I hit google translate? Really? Its not April Fools, or should I say "Hoy no es Día de los Inocentes".
Posted by hablo Ingles on 04/08/12 at 01:50 PM
Su escrito completamente en español en la actualidad. ¿Es algún tipo de protesta http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
Posted by No Hablo Espanol on 04/08/12 at 03:48 PM
QUE?
Posted by No on 04/09/12 at 02:22 AM
I can understand the wrong version getting posted by mistake, what I don´t understand is why it isn´t replaced even after the comments about the problem.
Posted by Regular Reader on 04/09/12 at 03:37 AM
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